"Art of the Kami Group—Avant-Garde Artists Gathered in Suwa 1969–1974" (Ina City Hall, Nagano Prefecture) Venue Report: Avant-Garde Resides in the Extension of Life (Bijutsu Techo)
The exhibition "Art of the Kami Group" in Nagano showcases the avant-garde artists active around Suwa, representing the culmination of recent research.Summary
The exhibition "Art of the Kami Group—Avant-Garde Artists Gathered in Suwa 1969–1974" is currently being held at the Ina City Hall in Nagano Prefecture. Curated by Mayumi Kiuchi, a curator at the hall, this exhibition represents the fruition of her ongoing research into the avant-garde expressionists active around Suwa, which gained momentum following her previous exhibition on artist Yu Matsuzawa (1922–2006). The exhibition is jointly supervised by Shuhei Hosoya, a post-war art researcher. The term "Kami Group" (paper group) was used by some critics and artists to describe the non-material expressions and records created by artists around Matsuzawa using paper as a medium, though Kiuchi emphasizes that the artists themselves did not use this term. The exhibition layout is distinctive, featuring performance materials from group activities in the outer frame and profiles of participating artists in the inner frame, effectively illustrating the fluid nature of the "Kami Group's" art where various artists participated depending on the project.
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